The hotel is situated up in the hills about a 25 min walk to both Maspalomas and Playa del Ingles. All the guests I talked to thought it would be closer to the beach, so be aware. Other than that it is cheap and the standard is OK. Locals use it as a holiday resort , so it can be crowded in public holidays and weekends.
There is a free bus service to Maspalomas beach leaving 3 times each morning returning back in the evening. Note there are 2 exits from the hotel on upper in the middle of nowhere and 1 lower at least 10 mins closer on foot to maspalomas and playa del ingles. Plenty of shops and even a mall close by the hotel. As all apartments are on ground level you have to expect the odd cockroach. The hotel is not new but the standard is OK. Reception staff speaks good english.

At first glace looked lovely,we had our own garden, kitchenette, bathroom, bedrooom & living area.
However,on closer inspection we were very disapointed! Location was MILES from anything! There was only 2 electrial points(not good for two girls trying to get ready to go out!) we had to pay for the TV, which, when we did, wasnt even english! The kitchenette was dangerious,we couldnt even turn our hob off, had to flip the fuse everytime we wanted to turn it on/off. The freezer didnt work, as we found out (melted icecream, not good!!).The beds were rock solid,with a tiny, flimsy joke-for-a-pillow!
We didnt have any hot water for our enire stay &didnt even have water for one day! However we did inform staff&they did retified this as quick as possible. We got clean towels once during our stay, luckily we had brought extra ourselves.

Every room was bug-riddened!we had ants&cockroachs all over our sofa, curtains, window cills ,floors, cuboards!You name it,they were there!!it was disgusting! Had to push our beds together into the centre of the room to get away from the walls! The last night we even debated going to the airport to sleep! house keeping was apauling,I honestly do not know what she did when she came in but she certainly didnt clean!

The garden was littered with broken plates. Make sure you have bug spray!!!! and lots of money for taxis, you honestly cannot walk anywhere! Also, make sure you dont have a fire, there are bars on the window and the nearest fire exitingusier is outside on your neighbour's wall!

The pool on the other hand was lovely, cleaned daily & staff were very friendly, especially david in the resturant ( we love u david!) this is was what made it bareable & our good sense of humour! - ive seen another review about loud music being played by the pool, this is true however, gave him one of our own CDs to blast out,so didnt mind atall, party on!

Weather was amazing, 31-15c in November! clubbing in Playa de Ingles was great, although watch out for the annoying PRs trying to drag you into their shabby bars & sell you tickets. (rodgers bar in particular!!!) Holiday world was a joke! hilarious though! do not come here if you dont have a sense of humour!!!! youve been warned!!

I had stayed at Vista Dorada in 2001 and I had just loved it. 8 years later I finally had the chance to get back there (with girlfriend this time) and I can't express well enough how disappointed this second experience was.

Two things were unchanged: the location, miles away from the beach, and the rooms, that even back in 2001 were somehow old and in urgent need of refurbishment. So, basically, the minus sides of this aparthotel were still there, while gone were its pluses!!!

I must admit that -as usually happens- what had made my first stay at Vista Dorada great was its staff. They were simply superb: bar-staff, entertainers, waiters and all. Even today, 8 years later, I can still recall the names of (at least) two of them: the restaurant manager (Javi) and an amusing Italian guy working at the pool bar (Marco). Don't give me wrong, I didn't expect them to be still there, but one would think that good staff must be replaced with equally good staff. Well, it isn't the case at Vista Dorada. Not at all!

Quality food was another point for Vista Dorada in 2001; today you are lucky if you get any food at all.

I will admit that my harsh judgment might be biased by my previous excellent experience, but, hey, it was supposed to be the same hotel! As for my girlfriend, I believe that -after having seen such a ruin of a hotel with her own eyes- will think I made up all the nice stories I'd told her about the place!

Hey, this series of private bungalows on a hillside is great value with plenty of upmarket travellers / decent people here.
I only had one single issue, and that is that they change your towels every 4 days. So look after them. Don't clean the bathroom floor with the last one and find out too late, because you'll be drying your face with it! I've never seen such a long "towel cycle" but there you go.
As for the people on this site complaining about chalets by the pool are the best - nonsense the ones at the top have the best view.
And they had condensation? Every heard of ventilation (leave a gap in the windows - there is a vented secured shutter there anyway).
What's that? - the cockroaches were huge? Well, they don't have a winter here, the cockroaches strolled though the patio door you left open all day.
Come on folks, this place was clean and great value.
My room was huge with 5 beds and kitchen with all the utensils.
You can walk to PDI in 25 mins.